[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/13/2005 9:10:37 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
845 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

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BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CARBON PA-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
DELAWARE PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-
MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...
NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...READING...
TRENTON AND WILMINGTON
845 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ IS CONTINUING THE
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY
...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA IN PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX.
..CAMDEN AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN NEW JERSEY.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE AND CECIL COUNTY IN MARYLAND.


* UNTIL 100 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A STRONG COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY IN OHIO WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN A RETURN TO MUCH
COLDER AIR OVER THE REGION.  

WARM...MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND
AS THE FRONT PASSES...1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION.  THIS RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN A FEW HOURS TIME EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING...AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST. 
ALSO...ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...SNOW MELT FROM SEVERAL DAYS OF WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
FURTHER EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. HIGH FLOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MANY
RIVERS.  

THE RAIN SHOULD END BY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES BY.  

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS. EVEN WITHOUT STREAM FLOODING, THERE
MAY BE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVIER
RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE
ISSUED IF NEEDED.

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